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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Wendla
Clean Name Wendla
Feature ID 6519
Target Venus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 22.50 °
Southmost Latitude 22.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 207.60 °
Westmost Longitude 207.60 °
Diameter 5.70 km
Center Latitude 22.50 °
Center Longitude 207.60 °
Quad v26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1997
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Sweden
Origin Swedish first name.
Reference [132] - Letter from Jouko Raitala (University of Oulu, Finland) to G. Burba, February 26, 1991.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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